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This story is part of CBC Health's Second Opinion, a weekly analysis of health and medical science news emailed to subscribers on Saturday mornings. If you haven't subscribed yet, you can do that by clicking here.The impacts of climate…

There was a "staggering" annual rise in measles cases and deaths in 2022, according to a new report from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).Cases jumped by 18 per cent to an…

The Dose24:00What do I need to know about using antibiotics correctly?As the season for coughs and colds returns, medical experts have a reminder: antibiotics aren't a go-to treatment for common viral respiratory infections. "I think that a…

A US military veteran has become the first patient in the world to have someone else's eye transplanted after a near-deadly electrical accident. Aaron James, 46, miraculously survived a 7,200-volt electric shock when his face accidentally…

MPs on the House of Commons health committee voted Wednesday to launch a study into the more than $300 million the Liberal government paid to a now-shuttered Quebec-based pharmaceutical company whose COVID-19 vaccine never made it to…

The first case of a new, highly-mutated variant of the virus that causes COVID-19 has been detected for the first time in Canada, British Columbia health officials said on Tuesday. The variant, dubbed BA.2.86, was confirmed in the…

Last Updated: July 23, 2023, 15:21 ISTA girl lights earthen lamps during an HIV/AIDS awareness campaign on the occasion of World AIDS Day in Kolkata, India, December 1, 2021. (Reuters File Photo)WHO releases new guidance on HIV at the…

Earlier this month, aspartame – the sugar substitute found in Diet Coke – was added to the World Health Organisation's list of more than 300 substances that 'possibly' cause cancer.The WHO pointed out that the sweetener, also found in a…

The World Health Organization (WHO) is encouraging countries to set up a “strong surveillance system” to aid those most vulnerable to the health risks of extreme heat, which include heat stroke and exhaustion. The most vulnerable…

FINDING THOSE AT RISK Maria Neira, the WHO's public health and environment chief, said the agency was particularly concerned about pregnant women and people with diabetes and cardiovascular diseases, and asthma, as air pollution would be…